1984 Mercedes-Benz 300D 5-Speed

21 CommentsPosted as: ClearPOST COMMENT January 17th, 2023 at 10:32am ESTmbheritage (90) Seller 1@SamSl Thanks for the note. I sold the car the day after the auction ended for $15k. You can find my inventory at mercedesheritage.com. Regards, RoyJanuary 17th, 2023 at 3:06am ESTSamSl (2) 0@mbherritage is this car still available for sale?October 20th, 2022 at 6:03pm ESTroup1 (7) 0WOW!October 20th, 2022 at 6:01pm ESTmbheritage (90) Seller 0Thanks to all for the comments and bidding. Takes a bit more to own this rare 123 diesel. I don't expect to find another one.October 20th, 2022 at 6:00pm ESTAlt767Gelt (15) 0Well- I guess this one didn’t quite make reserve. Good auction towards the end. Hope someone makes a deal with the seller and takes this home. Beautiful car. October 20th, 2022 at 5:57pm EST$12,500 bid placed by @merchabitOctober 20th, 2022 at 5:55pm EST$12,250 bid placed by @CGentryOctober 20th, 2022 at 5:54pm EST$12,000 bid placed by @merchabitOctober 20th, 2022 at 5:53pm EST$11,750 bid placed by @CGentryOctober 20th, 2022 at 5:52pm EST$11,500 bid placed by @merchabitOctober 20th, 2022 at 5:50pm EST$11,000 bid placed by @CGentryOctober 20th, 2022 at 5:48pm EST$10,635 bid placed by @merchabitOctober 20th, 2022 at 5:48pm EST$10,385 bid placed by @CGentryOctober 20th, 2022 at 5:44pm EST$10,135 bid placed by @merchabitOctober 20th, 2022 at 5:38pm ESTWimWam (3) 2A lot to love on this one. Silver over Blue is fantastic but three pedals makes it perfectly analog. Good luck to bidders and seller on this!October 20th, 2022 at 5:32pm EST$9,885 bid placed by @CGentryOctober 20th, 2022 at 2:53pm ESTmbheritage (90) Seller 0@fiatspider I would say yes, anytime an odometer comes out of a car and is modified/changed etc. we would have to consider the mileage to be TMU. And I meant the new MPH odometer with zero mileage on it potentially would have been advanced to register the mileage equivalent to the KM showing on the discarded Euro odometer. October 20th, 2022 at 2:40pm EST$9,635 bid placed by @merchabitOctober 20th, 2022 at 2:00pm ESTfiatspider (5) 0@ mbheritage- in reponse to your comment -- """the prevailing practice when converting a 'grey market' car at that time was to advance the mileage on the new MPH speedometer """ Firstly going from KMS to miles would need a fallback and not an advancing -- and in conclusion this car is really "true mileage unknown" correct? October 20th, 2022 at 11:07am ESTmbheritage (90) Seller 1@clonski I tried to run a CarFax when I acquired the car but it was not in the database. October 20th, 2022 at 11:06am ESTmbheritage (90) Seller 3@fiatspider Thanks for the note. Your comments regarding the specification of the car are self-evident to the community. To my knowledge the prevailing practice when converting a 'grey market' car at that time was to advance the mileage on the new MPH speedometer head to reflect the KM on the car at the time of conversion. Contrary to MB Market's comment in the first paragraph, the car was in fact imported in 1984 as per the 'asterisk year' on the CA title of 1984. Comparing the build date of approx 01/84 with its first registration date in CA of 05/14/84 we can conclude the car had negligible use before being sold to my client. That said, you are correct in noting there can be vagarities with mileage on gray market cars. Hope this helps.October 20th, 2022 at 1:39am ESTclonski (0) 0Is a Carfax report available for the vehicle? I’ve noticed other European market vehicles on the site with Carfax reports. October 19th, 2022 at 11:55pm ESTfiatspider (5) 0Hello ,,I see this car is a euro spec'd car, sold in europe and then imported to NA, it is a non turbo has Dual HVAC controls - euro bumpers - etc - To note those euro bumpers would not have been legal in USA in 1984 as also the euro lights were not and this car has had its front headlights replaced as well. Yet the cluster is in miles so it has to have been replaced also by a MPH cluster , europe cars do not come with MPH clusters , What is the real mileage of this diesel and how can that be authenticated ? Thanks October 19th, 2022 at 12:25pm ESTthembmarket (691) 0Additional photos have been added to the gallery showing paint meter readings around the entire car. October 18th, 2022 at 4:26pm ESTmbheritage (90) Seller 2@clonski A new radiator was installed subsequent to the comments of high temps (11/06/09 @123,906 miles). Temps today are normal. I will upload images of paint depth readings which will reveal minor paint repairs over the years. As noted in the photo essay, hood, door, front fender, deck lid bolts never disturbed. I don't have compression readings. October 18th, 2022 at 3:46pm ESTclonski (0) 0Some of the service records list overheating concerns from the original owner. Does the car still reach high temps on extended drives? The service records also mention a hubcap repair from a previous collision. Any signs of repair to any body panels?, Has a compression test of the engine been completed? October 18th, 2022 at 11:03am EST$9,385 bid placed by @a551518October 16th, 2022 at 2:56pm ESTmbheritage (90) Seller 1Observations on this cool 300D’s gearbox: Intermittent low speed rumble only while idling along in 1st or 2nd gear. And balky 1st – 2nd upshift only after first start of the day with cold gearbox. We’ve chased both with new axles and differential/transmission fluid changes with some improvement. So, some gearbox wear after 161k miles. Will load a driving video tomorrow. October 14th, 2022 at 1:08pm EST$7,250 bid placed by @mikelabnoOctober 13th, 2022 at 7:02pm ESTAflaks (10) 0This one will be worth the moneyOctober 12th, 2022 at 4:00pm ESTCarCrazy24 (16) 0Stunning spec! Probably the best spec W123 sedan I’ve seen in a long time. October 12th, 2022 at 3:10pm EST$7,000 bid placed by @Okie67October 12th, 2022 at 3:08pm EST$6,500 bid placed by @mikelabnoOctober 12th, 2022 at 1:15pm EST$6,250 bid placed by @Okie67October 12th, 2022 at 1:05pm ESTOkie67 (1) 1This is the one